ABSTRACT Climate change is a global emergency due to its social and economic impacts. This comprehensive review examines how climate change affects society and emphasises the role of social work in solving this problem with a multidisciplinary approach. Despite the least responsible, marginalised groups suffer hugely from climate change impacts and the global GDP will plummet, if no action is taken to mitigate its effects causing severe economic hardship for developing nations, and marginalised communities, which already face inequalities, resource shortages, and poor governance. There is a necessity for strategies to lower vulnerable population risks, thus emphasising the role of social work in addressing the inequalities of the climate change impacts. This paper discusses how social work concepts relate to environmental challenges and how they advocate for sustainability during climate change adaptation and mitigation, and promote environmental justice. Furthermore, the review also emphasises the need for transdisciplinary action on climate change. Scopus and Google Scholar databases was used to retrieve literature, based on the review questions, 51 literature items were selected for the evaluation and case examples. The review concludes that transdisciplinary action, including social workers’ role in decision-making and implementation, can create an equitable climate change mitigation plan.